It was not exceptional that Van Gogh painted
the same subject several times, and this is true for the "Sower" which
exists in two versions, one being roughly three times smaller
than the other, but in which the faintest details are identical. It
is the smaller version which hangs in Amsterdam, where I carefully
studied it, that served as the model for
this reproduction. As
compared with the larger one, the general appearance is somewhat clearer
and
the colours colder, specially those of the sky.